Senior Wholesale Banking Data Analyst

Overview

This role is graded as: Senior Associate, Regulatory.

About FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services. SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition). The Sell-Side Directorate oversees wholesale banks, intermediaries, market infrastructure and exchanges, ensuring fair, transparent and resilient wholesale markets that support the effective functioning of the UK’s financial system.

Role responsibilities

• Create and oversee innovative data analysis tools and projects, delivering actionable insights that protect the banking sector.
• Shape and implement the Wholesale Banks Department risk identification framework, enhancing our ability to anticipate and mitigate emerging threats.
• Manage the external communications strategy and its execution, influencing industry understanding and promoting transparency in risk management.
• Provide oversight, coaching, and mentoring to associates, building a collaborative team and cultivating professional growth.
• Collaborate across teams and departments contributing to cross functional projects that deliver impactful regulatory outcomes.
• Champion inclusivity and diversity, creating an environment where all voices are heard and respected, aligned with the FCA’s D&I agenda.

Skills required

• Minimum: Prior experience of data transformation, processing and analysis e.g. through Python.
• Demonstrable experience of proficient data analysis skills, with the ability to present insights clearly and effectively.
• Essential: Experience with Tableau desktop and server, with visualisation skills.
• An understanding of how wholesale banks work, including key risks and challenges.
• Ability to communicate key messages with clarity, simplifying complex topics for a range of audiences.
• Proficiency in managing competing priorities in a challenging environment, with effective self-organisation skills.
• Coaching and mentoring skills to develop others in the team and department.
• Openness to learning and growth, accepting new responsibilities with flexibility and a solutions focused mindset.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work.
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support. We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline

• Job advert close: 1st February 2026.
• CV Review/Shortlist: 3rd February 2026.
• Case Study Assessment: w/c 9th February 2026.
• First Interview: w/c 16th February 2026.

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.